Intel Core i7-7700K vs Intel Xeon E-2176M

Compare Intel 7th Generation Core i7 4 core CPU vs Intel Xeon E 6 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

3620 points
0.39% slightly better overall score
3606 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

5762 points
5% slightly better gaming score
5438 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

2983 points
3050 points
2% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

2864 points
2927 points
2% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

85.21 points
87.69 points
2% slightly higher Blender score
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

5070 points
0.52% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
5044 points
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1524 points
7% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
1415 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

5174 points
7% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
4813 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1596 points
16% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
1367 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

4
6
49% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

8
12
49% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

4.2 GHz
55% significantly higher clock speed
2.7 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.5 GHz
2% slightly higher turbo speed
4.4 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

95 W
45 W
111% significantly lower TDP

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

16
Identical
16

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

64 GiB
Identical
64 GiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

471st of 1,089
475th of 1,089

Family

The product line

7th Generation Core i7
Xeon E

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2017 February
2018 May

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2133
DDR4-2666

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
-

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
Yes

Core i7-7700K vs Xeon E-2176M specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-7700K beats the Xeon E-2176M in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Xeon E-2176M in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Xeon E-2176M has significantly more cores with 6 cores whereas the Core i7-7700K has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i7-7700K. Our comparison shows that the Core i7-7700K has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Xeon E-2176M. Also, the Core i7-7700K has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Xeon E-2176M outputs less heat than Core i7-7700K thanks to a significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

Modern CPUs generally have more logical cores than physical cores, this means that each core is split into multiple virtual cores, improving efficiency for parallel workloads. Indeed, the Core i7-7700K has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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